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You could try calling yourself eccentric instead. That was how the rich used to get away with their weirdness.
You could try calling yourself "off-the-wall" instead. That was how the skaters used to get away with their weirdness.
Note: I prefer the word "bizarro".
Bizarro is reserved for your alternate dimension counterpart, that speaks in opposites and looks weird.
Tbh for me weirdo always had a sexual meaning (as in creep). (English is my 2nd language)
Native English speaker here. It can have a sexual meaning, depending on context. It's not always like that though.
You might check out the Radiohead song "Creep" to hear it in this context:
Get out of my head. . . . My Radiohead.
As a primary English speaker, weirdo doesn't have any sexual meaning. Native speakers won't see that.
Pervert fills that definition you're looking for.